Legal Opinion
Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 24, 2004No. 19-11492PublishedCited by 818 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, Access Now, Inc. and Robert Gumson, appeal the district court’s Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of their claim against the defendant Southwest Airlines Company (“Southwest”) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The case centers around the inaccessibility of Southwest’s web site, Southwest.com, to individuals like Mr. Gumson who are visually impaired and use the Internet through a special software program called a “screen reader.” Some features of Southwest.com make it very difficult for the visually impaired to access using a screen reader. The…
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